Royals Intro for September 19, 2022 Dear Gossips, We are seeing today the culmination of Operation London Bridge, the plan devised years ago, with significant participation from Queen Elizabeth II herself, to mark the end of her life and reign. This is what the British royal family and England do best – ceremony and tradition, all displayed By Lainey • Sep 19, 2022 09:05 am
Royals Intro for September 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, The UK is mourning the death of a monarch for the first time in the time of 24-hour live television and social media. I live in Canada, a member nation of the Commonwealth, and I also work in media, my office is in a broadcast centre, so I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 09:12 am
Royals Intro for September 9, 2022 Dear Gossips, Yesterday marked the first time in over 70 years that a king wears the crown in England. As I wrote in my second post about Queen Elizabeth’s passing, this is the first British royal transfer of power during the age of the 24-hour news cycle and the By Lainey • Sep 09, 2022 09:55 am
Royals From Queen to King London Bridge is underway. All the developments we’ve seen today coming out of Buckingham Palace and continue to see coming now mean that London Bridge, the plans that have been in place for quite some time in the event of Queen Elizabeth’s passing, have been activated. The palace’ By Lainey • Sep 08, 2022 03:36 pm
Royals The Queen’s Concern Queen Elizabeth met with new British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday. After that Buckingham Palace released a statement saying that doctors had advised her to rest and that they’d be rearranging her schedule. Today the palace followed up with another statement: UPDATE: pic.twitter.com/8BxfKkKJtK — Omid Scobie By Lainey • Sep 08, 2022 09:17 am
Royals Intro for June 2, 2022 Dear Gossips, Today is the start of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend with Trooping the Colour. I woke up just in time to turn on the livestream and see Her Majesty step onto the balcony, in her shades, with other senior members of the British royal family to watch By Lainey • Jun 02, 2022 09:29 am
BFFs Intro for May 26, 2022 Dear Gossips, A few quick notes to kick off the day – updates on some stories that are unrelated but there’s not enough to put into individual dedicated posts for each. We are now exactly a week away from the Queen of England’s Platinum Jubilee celebration weekend. Next Thursday By Lainey • May 26, 2022 09:29 am
Royals The Queen at her Jubilee do Queen Elizabeth II is ninety-six years old and celebrating her seventieth year on the British throne with a platinum jubilee. She is the longest reigning monarch in British history, and the longest reigning queen regnant in history, period. To mark the occasion, she attended an event last night called “A By Sarah • May 16, 2022 11:06 am
Cringe Intro for May 11, 2022 Dear Gossips, “I hope I did you proud, Mummy.” If you read this headline without knowing who it was about, who would you think it was about? Who would you think this quote would be attributed to? Any chance it would be the future king of England? Because that’s By Lainey • May 11, 2022 09:29 am
Royals Harry & Meghan: To the Jubilee For months now there’s been speculation about whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would return to England to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. There were some security issues to be sorted out on top of the family drama but it was confirmed before the weekend that By Lainey • May 09, 2022 12:39 pm
Royals The Queen’s Birthday Portrait Today is Queen Elizabeth’s 96th birthday. There have been official and unofficial tributes all over England honouring her birthday during this Platinum Jubilee. Her Majesty is celebrating the day privately in Sandringham. Queen enjoys sunshine drive as she marks 96th birthday at Sandringham Estate https://t.co/4k0PgIg0lu — ITV By Lainey • Apr 21, 2022 11:00 am
Top Reads Big Sussex Weekend, Big Sussex Energy As expected, a lot of attention this weekend was on The Invictus Games as the Sussexes, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, made their first international appearance together since their move to the United States. But before that it was confirmed that during a pitstop to England before heading to The By Lainey • Apr 18, 2022 11:24 am
Top Reads Will and Kate on St Patrick’s Day Prince William and Catherine Cambridge stepped out for the second time this week today for St Patrick’s Day, joining the Irish Guards in London for the parade, which is the first time in two years they’ve been able to mark the occasion. As you can see, Kate pulled By Lainey • Mar 17, 2022 11:31 am
Royals The Queen’s “donation” and Andrew’s titles It’s been 48 hours since the announcement that there’s been a settlement in Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s lawsuit against Prince Andrew. While they haven’t confirmed how much the settlement is, it’s been reported that Andrew has to pay Virginia £12 million and has also promised a By Lainey • Feb 17, 2022 12:33 pm
Royals The Queen Crowns Camilla Yesterday marked 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II began her reign. To commemorate the occasion, she released a statement expressing her commitment to serve – and you’ll note that that’s the first thought in the letter: ✍️ On the eve of the 70th anniversary of her Accession to the throne, By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 12:39 pm
Royals Kate Cambridge: A Royal Lift Catherine of House Cambridge is the new royal patron of the Rugby Football Union, taking over from Prince Harry. She was at Twickenham Stadium today joining a training session with the national team, and at one point, during one of the practice drills, she was lifted off her feet by By Lainey • Feb 02, 2022 03:30 pm
